James R. Lewis, Ph.D. (University of Wales Lampeter, 2003) in Religious Studies, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tromsø. He has published extensively on New Religions and edits the Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion series.Olav Hammer, Ph.D. (Lund, Sweden, 2000) in History of Religions, is Professor of the Study of Religions at the University of Southern Denmark. He has mainly published on contemporary esoteric currents and new religious movements.

This work is an important and innovative contribution to the science and religion literature with many chapters of high quality. - Michael Stausberg, University of Bergen, Norway. in: Religion, 2014

• Contributors include: Kathinka Frøystad, Jesper Aagaard Petersen, David L. McMahan, Helen Farley, Christal Whelan, Martin Repp, C. Mackenzie Brown, Benjamin Zeller, Meera Nanda, Cynthia Ann Humes, Richard Cimino, David Christopher Lane, Damián Setton, Hanna Skartveit, Martin Riexinger, Carie Little Hersh, Jeremy Rapport, Sarah M. Lewis, Cathy Gutierrez, Gustavo Andrés Ludueña, Egil Asprem, Jochen Scherer, Ruth Bradby, Nevill Drury, Régis Dericquebourg, Carole M. Cusack, Kathryn Rountree, Charles Nuckolls, Ülo Valk, Christopher McIntosh, Asbjørn Dyrendal

James R. Lewis, Ph.D. (University of Wales Lampeter, 2003) in Religious Studies, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tromsø. He has published extensively on New Religions and edits the Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion series.Olav Hammer, Ph.D. (Lund, Sweden, 2000) in History of Religions, is Professor of the Study of Religions at the University of Southern Denmark. He has mainly published on contemporary esoteric currents and new religious movements.

This work is an important and innovative contribution to the science and religion literature with many chapters of high quality. - Michael Stausberg, University of Bergen, Norway. in: Religion, 2014

• Contributors include: Kathinka Frøystad, Jesper Aagaard Petersen, David L. McMahan, Helen Farley, Christal Whelan, Martin Repp, C. Mackenzie Brown, Benjamin Zeller, Meera Nanda, Cynthia Ann Humes, Richard Cimino, David Christopher Lane, Damián Setton, Hanna Skartveit, Martin Riexinger, Carie Little Hersh, Jeremy Rapport, Sarah M. Lewis, Cathy Gutierrez, Gustavo Andrés Ludueña, Egil Asprem, Jochen Scherer, Ruth Bradby, Nevill Drury, Régis Dericquebourg, Carole M. Cusack, Kathryn Rountree, Charles Nuckolls, Ülo Valk, Christopher McIntosh, Asbjørn Dyrendal